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Omubuulizi eyazaalibwa mu Kanada era omutandisi wa Christian and Missionary Alliance, eyayogera ku "Enjiri Enkulu Ennya" — Kristo nga Omulokozi, Omutukuza, Omuwonya, era Kabaka Alijja — ng'akubiriza abasomi okuyita mu buli mukisa okutuuka ku Kristo yennyini.
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Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915) yali muvvangeri ow'obutukuvu Omuwafirika-Omuyamerika eyazaalibwa mu buddu mu Maryland n'asumululwa nga kitaawe aguze eddembe ery'ab'omu maka ge. Nga mu mulimu gwe yali mwozi wa ngoye, yafuuka omu ku babuulizi abaatambula ennyo mu kibiina ky'obutukuvu ekya Wesley-Holiness, ng'aweereza mu Amerika, Bungereza, Buyindi, ne mu myaka munaana mu Buwafirika obw'ebugwanjuba nga omumisonaali eyeeyimirizaawo. Nga yafiirwa ba bbaawe babiri era ng'aziise abaana bana ku bataano be, oluvannyuma yatandika kimu ku bisulo by'abaana abatalina bazadde ebyasooka mu Illinois eby'abaana abaddugavu era n'afiira mu Sebring, Florida.
Amy Beatrice Carmichael, eyazaalibwa mu 1867 e Millisle, Ireland, yali omumisonaali Omupolotesitanti mu India. Yaweereza emyaka 55 awatali kuwummulako, ng'atandikawo Ekibiina ky'e Dohnavur okununula abaana okuva mu businzi bw'obwenzi obw'omu masabo. Ng'amanyiddwa olw'okwewaayo kwe okw'amaanyi n'ebiwandiiko bye ku ssaala, yawandiika ebitabo 35 era n'asigala mu India okutuusa okufa kwe mu 1951. Omulimu gwe gugenda mu maaso okuyita mu buweereza bwe yatandikawo. Obulamu bwa Carmichael bwalaga obuwulize obw'amaanyi eri okuyitibwa kwa Kristo n'okwetereeza mu buwangwa.
Andrew Murray Jr., eyazaalibwa mu 1828 mu Afrika ya Ddyo, yaweereza nga omuweereza w'eddiini n'omunnamateeka w'eby'obwakatonda, ng'akwata ku bangi okuyita mu njigiriza ye ku kusaba. Yatandikawo amasomero, yawandiika ebitabo ebisukka mu 240, era n'akwata nnyo ku ndowooza y'Ekikristaayo okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1917. Ebitabo bye ku bulamu obw'omwoyo obw'ekweeka bikyakulembera abakkiriza mu nsi yonna. Murray yassa essira ku bwetoowaze, okwewaayo okutuufu eri Katonda, ne Kristo abeera munda. Ebitabo bye eby'ettutumu bikyali by'omugaso omunene eri Abakristaayo abanoonya okukula mu mwoyo.
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Athanasius ow’e Alexandria (nga 296–373) yali omulabirizi w’e Alexandria okumala emyaka amakumi ana mu etaano, era kkumi na musanvu ku gyo yagimala mu buwaŋŋanguse, ng’agobebwa mu kibuga kye emirundi etaano abafuzi bana olw’okugaana okukkiriza nti Omwana wa Katonda yali kitonde. Yawandiika Ku Kufuuka Omuntu n’Obulamu bwa Antony, ekyatwala endowooza ey’obumonaki mu Bugwanjuba, era ebbaluwa ye ey’embaga eya 367 lwe lukalala olusinga obukadde olukyaliwo olwatula ebitabo amakumi abiri mu musanvu byennyini eby’Endagaano Empya.
Augustine ow’e Hippo (354–430) yazaalibwa mu Afirika ey’Obukiikakkono ey’Abaruumi eri kitaawe omukaafiiri ne nnyina Omukristaayo ow’okusaba, Monica, era amaziga ge ne gamugoberera mu myaka egy’okwegomba okusukkuluma, egy’amasanyu, n’egy’eddiini y’Abamanike. Mu nnimiro y’e Milan mu 386 yawulira omwana ng’ayimba nti "ddira osome," n’aggula ebbaluwa za Pawulo, n’amenyeka. Bwe yamala okubatizibwa Ambrose, yaddayo mu Afirika era n’aweereza emyaka nga amakumi asatu mu etaano ng’omulabirizi w’e Hippo, ng’awandiika Ebyokwatula n’Ekibuga kya Katonda era ng’alwanirira ekisa ng’awakanya Abadonati n’Abapelagi. Yafa mu 430 Abavandali nga bazingizza ekibuga kye.
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) yayingira ekkomera ly’abamonaki eppya eryali lifuba ng’aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu ebiri, ng’aleeta ne banne amakumi asatu, era yafuuka abbot ng’aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu etaano okumala emyaka amakumi asatu mu munaana egyasigalawo mu bulamu bwe. Yassaawo paapa, n’agoberera Abelard okutuusa lwe yasingibwa omusango, n’abuulira olutalo lw’eddiini olwagwa n’akabi kanene, era mu myaka gye gimu n’awandiika Ku Kwagala Katonda ne buulira kinaana mu mukaaga ku Luyimba lwa Sulemaani. Okuddamu kwe ku kigambo eky’okwagala Katonda kumeka kwali nti tewali kigero.
Catherine Booth, eyazaalibwa mu 1829 mu Ashbourne, Derbyshire, mu Bungereza, yali omutandisi wa Eggye ery'Obulokozi awamu ne bba William Booth. Nga omubuulizi ow'amaanyi era eyalwanirira eddembe ly'abakazi, yasoomooza empisa z'ekiseera kya Victoria ng'abuulira mu lujjudde era ng'alwanirira obuweereza bw'abakazi. Catherine yawandiika "Obuweereza bw'Abakazi: Eddembe ly'Abakazi Okubuulira" era yali wa kigambo mu kukola enjigiriza ya Eggye ery'Obulokozi n'enteekateeka zaayo ez'obulamu bw'abantu. Okubuulira kwe okw'amaanyi n'omutima gwe ogw'ekisa eri abaavu byamufuula omuntu ayagalibwa nnyo.
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Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) yali munnamateeka eyafuuka omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri, okubuulira kwe ne kuyamba okugoba Okuzuukuka Okukulu Okwokubiri mu bitundu eby'engulu ebya New York n'okusukka wo. Ng'akkirizza nti okuzuukuka si kyamagero eky'okulindirira wabula nkozesa ntuufu ey'eby'obuyambi Katonda by'awa, yatandikawo “ebipimo ebiggya” eby'enkuŋŋaana ezaawangaala n'okusaba abantu butereevu, n'alaba ebibuga ebiramba nga bikyusibwa, era oluvannyuma n'afuuka pulezidenti wa Oberlin College. Ekitabo kye Lectures on Revivals of Religion kikola ku ngeri ekkanisa ey'olulimi Olungereza gy'etera okulowoozaako okuzuukuka okuva mu kiseera ekyo.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, eyazaalibwa mu 1834 mu Kelvedon, Essex, mu Bungereza, yamanyibwa nga "Omulangira w'Ababuulizi." Bwe yakyusibwa ng'aweza emyaka 15, yatandika okubuulira ng'aweza 16, ne bwe yatuuka ku myaka 20 n'afuuka omusumba wa New Park Street Chapel e London, oluvannyuma Metropolitan Tabernacle. Spurgeon yawandiika okubuulira okusukka mu 3,500, ebitabo bingi, era n'atandikawo essomero ly'abasumba, amaka g'abaana abatalina bazadde, n'obuweereza obulala obw'Ekikristaayo. Newankubadde nga yalwana n'okwennyamira n'obulwadde, yakuuma obuweereza obungi okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1892. Okubuulira kwe okunnyonnyola Ebyawandiikibwa n'ebiwandiiko bye bikyakwata ku Bakristaayo mu nsi yonna.
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David Brainerd (1718–1747) yali omuvubuka omuweereza (missionary) eri abantu Abazaalirwa ba Amerika (Native Americans) mu New Jersey ne Pennsylvania mu biseera by'obufuzi bw'amatwale. Bwe yagobwa mu Yale olw'obunyiikivu bwe, obulamu bwe obumpi yabuwaayo mu kusaba n'okubuulira ng'atambulatambula mu Badelaware n'abalala, n'alaba okuzuukuka okw'ekyewuunyo nga tannaafa olw'akafuba (tuberculosis) ng'aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda. Ekitabo ky'ennaku kye yawandiika — ekyafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw'okufa kwe Jonathan Edwards — kyafuuka kimu ku bitabo eby'obuweereza ebyasinga okukwata ku mitima ebyawandiikibwa, ne kikuluusanya emirembe egyaddirira, okuva ku William Carey okutuuka ku Henry Martyn.
Dwight Lyman Moody, eyazaalibwa mu 1837 mu Northfield, Massachusetts, yava mu buto obutalina kitaawe ng'ali ku faamu ne mu dduuka ly'engatto e Boston n'afuuka omuvanjilisiti eyamanyibwa ennyo mu kyasa eky'ekkumi n'omwenda, ng'abuulira abantu abawera obukadde ekikumi okwetooloola Amerika n'e Bungereza. Nga teyawongebwa era ng'asomye katono nnyo, yatandikawo amasomero ga Northfield, Moody Bible Institute, n'omulimu ogw'okusaasaanya ebitabo ebirungi eby'Ekikristaayo eri buli muntu. Emboozi ze ez'enjiri ennyangu era ez'ekisa — ezirangibwa okwagala kwa Katonda n'okukubiriza okw'amaanyi okusalawo ku Kristo — zikyasomebwa mu nsi yonna.
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Omusumba Omumesodisiti Omwamerika, omusumba w’abaserikale mu Lutalo lw’Obumu era eyali munnamateeka eyawaayo emyaka gye egy’enkomerero ng’agolokoka ku ssaawa kkumi ez’oku makya okusaba. Kimu kyokka ku bitabo bye omunaana ebikwata ku kusaba, Amaanyi Okuyita mu Kusaba, kye kyafulumizibwa ng’akyali mulamu; ebirala omusanvu byafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwe.
Festo Kivengere (1919–1988) yali mulabirizi Omuganda Omu-Anglican era omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri ow'Okuzuukuka kw'Afrika ya Buvanjuba, gwe baatera okuyita “Billy Graham wa Afrika.” Yakyuka okuva mu kukkiriza okw'oku mimwa mu kuzuukuka okwa 1941, n'afuuka Omulabirizi wa Kigezi mu 1972 era omukulembeze wa African Evangelistic Enterprise. Oluvannyuma lw'okuttibwa kwa Ssaabalabirizi Janani Luwum mu 1977, yadduka Uganda ya Amin ng'ayita ku nsozi okuyingira Rwanda, n'oluvannyuma n'awandiika ekitabo ekyatumbulwa I Love Idi Amin, obujulizi ku kusonyiwa omuyinza omukambwe eyali amugobye mu buwaŋŋanguse.
Frederick Brotherton Meyer yazaalibwa nga Apuli 8, 1847, mu Clapham, London, eri Frederick Meyer, nnannyini bizinensi, ne mukyala we Ann. Nga yakulira mu maka ag'eddiini ennyo agaakuza obuyinza bw'Ebyawandiikibwa, Meyer yafuuka omusumba Omubatisiti ow'amaanyi, omuyigiriza, n'omuvanjilisiti, ng'asinga kubeera e London. Yamanyibwa olw'okubuulira kwe okunnyonnyola Ebyawandiikibwa n'ebiwandiiko bye eby'okwewaayo. Meyer yali musumba w'amakanisa amakulu mangi omuli Christ Church e London ne Melbourne Hall e Leicester.
Gareth Evans, eyazaalibwa mu 1938 mu Merthyr Tydfil, musumba atambulatambula, omuyigiriza, era omuwandiisi. Yasoma fizikisi, yayigiriza mu nsi yonna, yawandiika ebitabo eby'okwewaayo, era kaakano aweereza ekkanisa eriko ebisago okuyita mu mukutu gwe. Gareth, afumbiddwa Anne, alina abaana abawala basatu, abaana b'abaana munaana, n'abaana b'abaana b'abaana kkumi na bana. Enjigiriza ye essa essira ku kukkiriza okw'amakulu n'amagezi ag'Ebyawandiikibwa. Nga alina enkolagana ey'enjawulo wakati w'obumanyirivu obw'ekisayansi n'okutegeera okw'omwoyo, Evans aleeta obulungamu ku bintu eby'obwakatonda ebizibu.
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George Müller (1805–1898) yali muvaanjulizi w'enjiri eyazaalibwa mu Prussia, era oluvannyuma lw'obuvubuka obw'obukwakkulizo obwalimu obubbi n'ekiseera mu kkomera, yakyuka mu lukuŋŋaana lw'okusaba e Halle mu 1825 n'awaayo obulamu bwe okubeera nga bwesigamira ku kukkiriza. Yatuula mu Bristol, gye yatandikawo amaka g'abaana bamulekwa aga Ashley Down, gye yalabirira n'aliisa abaana bamulekwa abasukka mu kakumi mu bulamu bwe bwonna, awatali kusaba muntu yenna ssente n'olumu — ng'asigamira ku kusaba kwokka era ng'akuuma ebiwandiiko ebituufu eby'ebyanukulwa. Ekigendererwa kye kyali kuleka ensi n'obujulizi obulabika nti Katonda akyawulira okusaba; yabuulira mu mawanga amakumi ana mu abiri okutuusa mu myaka gye egy'ekyenda, n'afiira mu maka ge ag'abaana bamulekwa mu 1898.
Omusumba Omu-Anglican Omungereza era omu ku baatandikawo Obumesodi n'okuzuukuka okw'enjiri. Ng'omubuulizi ow'ebweru ow'ettutumu, yatambulira mu Bungereza ne mu Amerika ey'obwannamawanga, era n'afuuka omukulembeze omukulu ow'Okuzuukuka Okukulu.
Hannah Whitall Smith, eyazaalibwa mu 1832 mu Philadelphia, yali omwogezi era omuwandiisi Omukwaka ow'ettutumu mu kiseera ky'Ekiweekero eky'Obutukuvu. Ekitabo kye eky'amaanyi "Ekyama ky'Omukristaayo eky'Obulamu Obw'essanyu" kyafuuka ekitabo eky'ettutumu mu biwandiiko by'okwewaayo eby'Ekikristaayo. Newankubadde ng'yagwamu obuzibe obw'obuntu, yakuuma okukkiriza okw'amaanyi okwakwata ku mirembe gy'abakkiriza okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1911. Enjigiriza ye yassa essira ku bulamu obw'Ekikristaayo obuwangula okuyita mu kukkiriza. Obubaka bwa Smith obw'okwewaayo bwakyusa endowooza y'Abakristaayo, ng'alaga okutukuzibwa nga kwe kuwummulira mu mulimu gwa Kristo ogwaggwaayo.
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James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) yali muminsani Omungereza eyagenda e China era omutandisi wa China Inland Mission. Yakyuka ng'aweza emyaka kkumi na musanvu, nga maama we amusabira nga bali wala nnyo, n'awaayo obulamu bwe okutuuka ku bitundu bya China eby'omunda ebitannaba kutuukibwako n'enjiri, ng'akubiriza omulimu ogw'obuminsani ogwesigamira ku kukkiriza, ogutaatwala bbanja wadde okusaba abantu ssente naye nga gubuulira Katonda buli kyetaago mu kusaba. Ng'ayita mu bibala ebingi n'okufiirwa okunene — okufa kw'abaana be, ba mukyala be bombi, n'abaminsani be bangi mu Kutabuka kwa Boxer okwa 1900 — yafuuka ekyokulabirako eky'okwesiga Katonda mu bujjuvu, era omulimu gwe gukyeyongera ne leero nga OMF International.
Jeanne Guyon, eyazaalibwa mu 1648 mu Montargis, mu Bufalansa, yafuuka eddoboozi erikulembera mu kwewaayo okw'ekyama okw'Ekikristaayo. Bwe yasikirizibwa mu buto okusaba okw'ekweeka, yawaayo obulamu bwe eri okwewaayo okw'omunda n'okuzzibwa obuggya okw'omwoyo. Enjigiriza ye yaleeta okwewaayo n'empaka, ekyavaako okusibibwa mu kkomera. Yafa mu 1717, naye ebiwandiiko bye bikyakwata ku bulamu obw'omwoyo obw'Ekikristaayo leero. Ebyafaayo bye ebyo yennyini bikyali by'ettutumu mu biwandiiko by'omwoyo. Okussa kwa Guyon essira ku kwagala okutuukiridde n'okwewaayo eri Katonda kwasoomooza eddiini ey'empisa zokka.
Muwandiisi Omungereza era omubuulizi Omupuritani, nannyini kkola ebyuma ow'e Bedford eyasibibwa mu kkomera okumala emyaka egisukka mu kkumi olw'okubuulira awatali luusa. Mu kusibibwa okwo mwe yawandiikira ekitabo The Pilgrim's Progress, ekimu ku bifaananyisa ebisindikibwa okusinga obungi mu lulimi Olungereza.
John Owen (1616–1683) yali omunnyonnyozi w’enjigiriza asookera ddala mu Bapuritani ab’e Bungereza — omusumba wa Cromwell, Ddiini wa Christ Church era Ssabawandiisi Omumyuka owa Oxford, era oluvannyuma lwa 1662 omuweereza Omunkukunala eyagaaniddwa okuyingira mu yunivasite ze yali akulembedde. Yatiikirira olw’obuzito bw’ebiwandiiko bye n’olw’okutegeera okutuukirira okw’enjawulo engeri ekibi gye kikolera ku muntu, kye kyava The Mortification of Sin ewangaala okusinga kumpi byonna ebirala ebyawandiikibwa mu kyasa kyayo ku nsonga eno.
Omusumba Omu-Anglican Omungereza era omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri eyatandikawo Obumesodi. Ng'omubuulizi omutambuze atakoowa era omutegeka, yali mukulembeze mukulu ow'okuzuukuka kw'enjiri okw'omu kyasa eky'ekkumi n'omunaana.
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